Difference between revisions of "Status of migratory beekeeping"
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| − | '''Indonesia:''' There is a '''lack of nationwide data''' on migratory beekeeping in Indonesia, but in '''Java''', not migratory, but '''mobile''' beekeeping is practiced with ''A. mellifera'' colonies. Local habitants, stakeholders, landowners and official government representatives are owners of gardens, including their potential forage plants for honey bees. They often do not know about the benefits, and the role of the honey bee as a pollinator and therefore, the '''rejection of honey bees''' by the population is great. In addition to missing regulations on bee hive placement and extensive monocultures, mobile beekeeping evolved and today is still a common practice in Java. <ref>Kahono, S., Chantawannakul, P., & Engel, M. S. (2018). Social Bees and the Current Status of Beekeeping in Indonesia. In book: Asian Beekeeping in the 21st Century. Springer, Singapore. 287-306. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8222-1_13</ref> | + | '''Indonesia:''' There is a '''lack of nationwide data''' on migratory beekeeping in Indonesia, but in '''Java''', not migratory, but '''mobile''' beekeeping is practiced with ''A. mellifera'' colonies. Local habitants, stakeholders, landowners and official government representatives are owners of gardens, including their potential forage plants for honey bees. They often do not know about the benefits, and the role of the honey bee as a pollinator and therefore, the '''rejection of honey bees''' by the population is great. In addition to missing regulations on bee hive placement and extensive monocultures, mobile beekeeping evolved and today is still a common practice in Java. <ref>Kahono, S., Chantawannakul, P., & Engel, M. S. (2018). Social Bees and the Current Status of Beekeeping in Indonesia. In book: Asian Beekeeping in the 21st Century. Springer, Singapore. 287-306. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8222-1_13</ref> One example of a '''migration schedule''' of ''A. mellifera'' in Java was given by a local scientist (Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia) who cooperated with the national State Forest Own Company (PERHUTANI): In May, to July ''A. mellifera'' hives are placed in Central Java to feed on mostly kapok and randu, in August they are moved to Mt. Arca and Sukabumi to feed on calliandra, from September to October, beekeepers place their hives in Subang (rambutan forage), from November to April ''A. mellifera'' colonies are found in Cimangkok and Sukabumi to collect pollen of maize-plants. |
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Revision as of 15:08, 13 June 2018
Ethiopia: There is almost no information available on migratory beekeeping in Ethiopia, but it is considerd as a rare practice. [1] It is known, that in a region called Gijjam, simple migratory beekeeping is practiced. It is done for additional income, instead of increasing pollination. Farmers close the traditional baskets with fresh cow dung and carry the hives on the shoulders to the selected fields. [2]
Indonesia: There is a lack of nationwide data on migratory beekeeping in Indonesia, but in Java, not migratory, but mobile beekeeping is practiced with A. mellifera colonies. Local habitants, stakeholders, landowners and official government representatives are owners of gardens, including their potential forage plants for honey bees. They often do not know about the benefits, and the role of the honey bee as a pollinator and therefore, the rejection of honey bees by the population is great. In addition to missing regulations on bee hive placement and extensive monocultures, mobile beekeeping evolved and today is still a common practice in Java. [3] One example of a migration schedule of A. mellifera in Java was given by a local scientist (Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia) who cooperated with the national State Forest Own Company (PERHUTANI): In May, to July A. mellifera hives are placed in Central Java to feed on mostly kapok and randu, in August they are moved to Mt. Arca and Sukabumi to feed on calliandra, from September to October, beekeepers place their hives in Subang (rambutan forage), from November to April A. mellifera colonies are found in Cimangkok and Sukabumi to collect pollen of maize-plants.
References
- ↑ Kibebew, W. (in press.). Investigating the effect of migratory beekeeping on honey production in East and west Shewa Zones of Oromia. (status: 11. 06. 2018).
- ↑ Fichtl, R. & Adi, A. (1994). Honeybee Flora of Ethiopia. Margraf Verlag Germany.
- ↑ Kahono, S., Chantawannakul, P., & Engel, M. S. (2018). Social Bees and the Current Status of Beekeeping in Indonesia. In book: Asian Beekeeping in the 21st Century. Springer, Singapore. 287-306. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8222-1_13
